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Most segregated, Kentucky counties

Name: Most segregated, Kentucky counties, 2024
Creator: CensusEasy
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Kentucky counties ranked by the CensusEasy Segregation Score, the White vs non-White index of dissimilarity across census tracts (2024 ACS). Higher means residents are more sorted into separate neighborhoods. This list covers the 118 counties in Kentucky that qualify, ranked against each other statewide. The median across all 118 is 24. Biggest climber in the top 100 since 2020: Owsley County, KY, up 92 places to #8.

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YEAR2020 2024

RANKPLACESTATEPOPSEGREGATION SCOREVS 2020

01▲4Butler County, KYKY12,52059+23%

02▲2McCreary County, KYKY17,12453+10%

03▼2Clay County, KYKY19,46551−24%

04▼2Martin County, KYKY10,69747−29%

05▲63Leslie County, KYKY9,62747+64%

06▲1Lawrence County, KYKY15,76544−4%

07▲24Morgan County, KYKY14,41544+25%

08▲92Owsley County, KYKY3,93243+127%

09▲26Perry County, KYKY26,55541+16%

10Jefferson County, KYKY795,22239−8%

11▲70Knox County, KYKY29,53239+58%

12▼4Elliott County, KYKY7,26536−20%

13▲23Franklin County, KYKY52,64936+2%

14▲31Breathitt County, KYKY12,55835+7%

15▲10Warren County, KYKY149,37535−5%

16▲63Magoffin County, KYKY11,11035+42%

17▲21Christian County, KYKY70,11535+2%

18▲5Nelson County, KYKY49,03634−11%

19▼10Wayne County, KYKY19,59734−24%

20▼4Muhlenberg County, KYKY30,63433−17%

21▲1Meade County, KYKY30,69933−15%

22▲25Ohio County, KYKY23,93433+2%

23▲52Graves County, KYKY37,05032+21%

24▲29Marion County, KYKY20,11532+3%

25▲69Owen County, KYKY11,60132+55%

26▲29Hopkins County, KYKY45,12732+3%

27▲25Pulaski County, KYKY67,38431−1%

28▼7Union County, KYKY12,83931−20%

29▼9Kenton County, KYKY175,77930−23%

30▼12Casey County, KYKY16,20530−23%

31▼19Rockcastle County, KYKY16,14830−27%

32▲2Hardin County, KYKY113,48230−15%

33▲37Boyle County, KYKY31,63229+4%

34▲70Monroe County, KYKY11,19129+70%

35▲2McCracken County, KYKY67,55329−17%

36▲27Shelby County, KYKY51,24329−4%

37▲39Marshall County, KYKY31,65928+7%

38▲23Fayette County, KYKY329,75128−5%

39▲26Henderson County, KYKY44,25528−3%

40▲50Bullitt County, KYKY86,45428+24%

41▼30Pike County, KYKY54,72128−34%

42▼36Gallatin County, KYKY8,84027−42%

43▼13Metcalfe County, KYKY10,58327−25%

44▲54Breckinridge County, KYKY21,50327+36%

45▲12Whitley County, KYKY37,29726−12%

46▼4Barren County, KYKY45,64126−22%

47▼7Todd County, KYKY12,97226−23%

48▲29Letcher County, KYKY19,95226+2%

49▼23Bell County, KYKY22,82926−30%

50▼47Caldwell County, KYKY12,60926−47%

51▼38Johnson County, KYKY22,05126−37%

52▲8Daviess County, KYKY104,89826−15%

53▲30Bath County, KYKY13,17626+5%

54▲17Trigg County, KYKY14,51226−8%

55▼4Boyd County, KYKY47,75125−22%

56▲11Pendleton County, KYKY14,80025−14%

57▲23Mason County, KYKY16,93625−1%

58▲43Logan County, KYKY28,66924+30%

59▼40Washington County, KYKY12,36824−39%

60▼27Clark County, KYKY37,88824−32%

61▼3Webster County, KYKY12,92924−21%

62▲51Ballard County, KYKY7,59424+127%

63▼35Rowan County, KYKY24,47624−36%

64▼49Floyd County, KYKY34,40123−43%

65▼9Hart County, KYKY20,11723−23%

66▼16Lincoln County, KYKY25,35323−28%

67▼28Boone County, KYKY145,31623−33%

68▼6Laurel County, KYKY63,74623−24%

69▼3Crittenden County, KYKY8,80722−23%

70▼6Calloway County, KYKY39,42122−24%

71▼2Garrard County, KYKY18,20722−22%

72▼24Powell County, KYKY12,81222−32%

73▼56Bourbon County, KYKY20,24322−45%

74▲17Montgomery County, KYKY28,82222−1%

75▲14Taylor County, KYKY26,76322−5%

76▲31Mercer County, KYKY23,73321+37%

77▲33Anderson County, KYKY25,22521+55%

78▲25Larue County, KYKY15,18421+23%

79▼6Scott County, KYKY62,26221−23%

80▲22Livingston County, KYKY8,86321+18%

81▼27Campbell County, KYKY95,44121−32%

82▼10Harrison County, KYKY19,62721−25%

83▼9Adair County, KYKY19,42321−24%

84▼38Carter County, KYKY26,14920−38%

85▼7Madison County, KYKY101,69620−20%

86Bracken County, KYKY8,51120−16%

87▲22Lewis County, KYKY12,90120+39%

88▼74Henry County, KYKY16,44719−53%

89▼5McLean County, KYKY9,06418−25%

90▲2Nicholas County, KYKY7,94918−16%

91▼50Estill County, KYKY13,96218−48%

92▲22Knott County, KYKY13,32117+75%

93▼50Woodford County, KYKY27,88317−49%

94▲2Harlan County, KYKY24,72516−18%

95▼2Hancock County, KYKY9,05016−25%

96▲16Jessamine County, KYKY57,14716+24%

97▲14Cumberland County, KYKY5,99215+17%

98▼71Grant County, KYKY26,18115−60%

99▼50Russell County, KYKY18,60815−54%

100▼15Grayson County, KYKY27,40614−41%

101▼57Jackson County, KYKY13,32514−58%

102▼3Oldham County, KYKY70,98614−27%

103▼8Simpson County, KYKY20,78814−33%

104▲4Lyon County, KYKY9,12313−13%

105▼17Greenup County, KYKY35,21313−44%

106▼47Allen County, KYKY22,53613−58%

107▼75Green County, KYKY11,64412−65%

108▼84Edmonson County, KYKY12,74911−71%

109▲8Carroll County, KYKY11,14111+122%

110▼4Spencer County, KYKY20,99810−34%

111▲4Menifee County, KYKY6,43010+2%

112▼83Lee County, KYKY7,2978−78%

113▲3Fulton County, KYKY6,2187+37%

114▼27Clinton County, KYKY9,1397−72%

115▼10Wolfe County, KYKY6,2985−70%

116▼19Fleming County, KYKY15,7875−77%

117▲1Trimble County, KYKY8,7013−25%

118▼36Carlisle County, KYKY4,7472−92%

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UPDATED 2026-09-11 · DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR ESTIMATES